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Natixis IM appoints chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... previously chair and chief executive of AllianceBernstein for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in the same role for Japan. Prior to this, Ryan was chief investment officer for AXA Japan and head of quantitative asset management. He started his ...

Fidante opens Singapore office, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... Ardea Investment Management and CIP Asset Management. Fidante's current overseas presence includes offices in Europe and Japan. The move is similar to other Australian fund managers, who have increasingly looked to add overseas clients, for reasons ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... at March 2021, the value of China's covid-19 stimulus package amounted to 4.7% of GDP. This compares with 54.5% for Japan, 35.9% for Germany, 26.5% for the US (excluding Biden's new stimulus proposals worth around US$4 trillion) and 17.8% for ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept monetary policy settings at its March meeting - short-term key interest rate at minus 0.1% and the target for the 10-year Japanese government bond yield at around 0%. It also pledged that it "will continue with Quantitative ...

Australians bullish on 2021 recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... region, so it is pleasing to see the surge in optimism in these latest results," PIMCO head of client management for APAC ex-Japan Adrian Stewart said. "However, consistent with results last time, this recent survey identified some inconsistencies in ...

Cboe acquires Chi-X

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... approval. Cboe said the acquisition would provide it with a single point of entry into two key capital markets - Australia and Japan. The company added that it has plans to expand its global equities business into Asia Pacific. "Over the past decade ...

Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... estimates of the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys conducted for the US, the Eurozone, the UK and Japan. The PMI is based on monthly surveys of carefully selected companies, using the same methodology in all countries ("over 40 ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... US but the Australian economy has receded less than its peers. Eurozone GDP dropped by 6.8% in 2020; the UK by 9.9% and Japan by 4.8%. Not only has the domestic economy shrunk by less but the OECD has upgraded Australia's 2021 GDP forecast the most ...